PREPARATION OF COPOLYMER DISPERSIONS HAVING A NARROW PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION, AND EXHIBITING DILATANT FLOW OVER A BROAD RANGE OF CONCENTRATIONS

    公开(公告)号:CA1163033A

    公开(公告)日:1984-02-28

    申请号:CA381041

    申请日:1981-07-03

    Applicant: BASF AG

    Abstract: PREPARATION OF COPOLYMER DISPERSIONS HAVING A NARROW PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION, AND EXHIBITING DILATANT FLOW OVER A BROAD RANGE OF CONCENTRATIONS A process for the preparation of copolymer dispersions having a narrow particle size distribution, and exhibiting dilatant flow over a broad range of concentrations, by emulsion copolymerization of from 1 to 10 percent by weight, based on total monomers, of .alpha.,.beta.-mono-olefinically unsaturated monocarboxylic acids and/or dicarboxylic acids with other mono-olefinically unsaturated monomers and with from 0 to 5 percent by weight of polyolefinically unsaturated monomers in the presence of conventional emulsifiers, dispersants and polymerization initiators, and in the presence or absence of regulators, wherein the monomers are copolymerized in aqueous emulsion, with simultaneous agglomeration but only partial fusion of the initially formed polymer particles, at a temperature near the glass transition temperature of the copolymer formed, and thereafter A) the copolymer content of the aqueous copolymer dispersion is brought to 35 to 55 percent by weight an the pH to 3 to 5, or B) the water contained in the aqueous copolymer dispersion is entirely or partially replaced by a watermiscible liquid which does not dissolve or swell the copolymer.

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